한국 현대지성사에서 ‘한신(韓神)’이 가지는 의미

Abstract

It could be said that some elucidations on the ‘Han-Shin’ intellectual group, the most important axis of democratic movements of 1970s, had been presented by the korean christian societies. But, if we consider this group in the context of the korean intellectual history, the attempts to elucidate this group’s connections, roots, and contexts from the religious standpoints can not help but contain some obvious limitations. Firstly, it should be noted that ‘Han-Shin’ had formed important connections in the korean intellectual societies since 1950s and had omni-directional influences over the general intellectual societies beyond the christian ones. Besides, the commonly accepted notions (about the history of the korean democratic movements) which make no distinction between ‘Han-Shin’ group and Ham Seok-Heon group, another symbol of the democratic movements of 1970s, should be rectified. And the problems about their distinction should be newly arranged. Kim Jae-Jun, the founder of ‘Han-Shin’ group, born in the same year as Ham Seok-Heon, had formed an immense intellectual chain on the completely different ground. As it were, Kang Won-Yong, the leader of ‘Christian Academy’, Moon Ik-Hwan and Moon Dong-Hwan brothers, another symbols of korean democratic movements, and An Byoeng-Mu and Seo Nam-Dong, the leading theorists of the korean Minjung Theology all of whom formed an important korean intellectual axis (as it could be called) ‘Han-Shin’, were all the disciples of Kim Jae-Jun. These intellectuals’s influences over the modern korean intellects and democratic movements had begun to exercise beyond the christian societies as early as 1950s. The formation of the counter part of the Yushin Dictatorship in the 1970s was one of the conspicuous outputs of their influences. This thesis tries to reconsider the origin and the evolution of ‘Han-Shin’ group in the general context of the korean intellectual history.